Do you sometimes answer simple math questions in Octal or Hex?
Do you often have MCUs on your kitchen counter mixed in with all of the other stuff people accumulate there?
Rather than throwing out an old computer, do you feel compelled to scavenge it for any useable parts?
When asked by a friend or family member what you did at work today, do you sometimes stop in the middle of the explanation because you've already lost them - and they don't notice that you stopped?
When you have a WiFi or cell phone signal drop out, do you try to imagine the signal propagation first and complain second?
When an electronic consumer product gets warm, does it bother you because you assume that to keep costs low, they used electrolytics without the proper thermal range?

I am proud to be an engineer.
Yes, my wife has given me the cold stare when she finds out I am thinking about physics while staring at sunsets.
I also admire the show and take photgraphs, but she can't understand that engineers are always doing multiple things at once.

In conjunction with unveiling of EE Times’ Silicon 60 list, journalist & Silicon 60 researcher Peter Clarke hosts a conversation on startups in the electronics industry. One of Silicon Valley's great contributions to the world has been the demonstration of how the application of entrepreneurship and venture capital to electronics and semiconductor hardware can create wealth with developments in semiconductors, displays, design automation, MEMS and across the breadth of hardware developments. But in recent years concerns have been raised that traditional venture capital has turned its back on hardware-related startups in favor of software and Internet applications and services. Panelists from incubators join Peter Clarke in debate.